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APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The firm, in an update email, said that it's challenge today is "raising sufficient capital to compete in the modern automotive market." Aptera said it is "working to secure the capital necessary to deliver the volume and quality to move the market."

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with: Capital Sources, Advisors, Deal Makers, Firms Seeking Capital. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays.

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JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. The report said that the investment level was the highest total in a single quarter since Q2 of 2008.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Saturday, November 8, 2008 -- Venture Capital 3.0. Breakfast with Adeo Ressi, Founding Member of TheFunded.com, an online community of entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review funding sources worldwide. See [link] (more).

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JANUARY 20, 2009

Venture capital fundraising activity dropped significantly in Q4, according to a report released Monday by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The report, which tracks the fundraising activity of venture capital firms, found that there was $3.4 billion raised in Q4 of 2007.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Thursday, December 11, 2008 -- Venture Ventura Capital Connections. The City of Ventura and the Ventura Chamber of Commerce invite you to mingle with movers and shakers of the growing local Ventura Venture Capital scene! Come meet our venture capital partners and local business leaders.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Read more: PEHub. Happy to see him get this deal done.

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MARCH 12, 2019

The funding round was led by Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners, and also included Silversmith Capital Partners, an existing investor. The company was founded in 2008. Impact is led by CEO David A. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. Post 2008, LPs abhor illiquidity. The biggest lesson is, to bet on the big trends.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2017

Although designed to address abuses in the financial system that led to the 2008 recession, the far-reaching legislation had problems from the start.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive. Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. They often have “dead&# or “tired&# investors who have stranded capital. It is 2010.

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APRIL 20, 2009

The latest venture capital numbers from both PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA based on data from Thomson Financial, and numbers also released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource, finds that venture capital is at a twelve year low. in 54 venture capital deals, with Los Angeles reporting $115.6M in deals from Q1 of 2008.

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JUNE 26, 2019

Shepherd is currently Chairman of Bank of the West, and previously had been CEO of the bank from 2008 to 2016. Irvine-based property information and data provider CoreLogic says it has expanded its board of directors, and has named J. Michael Shepherd to its board. He also served at The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

said late Thursday that it has appointed Michael Fox, CEO of Park City Capital, to its board of directors. Park City Capital is a major shareholder in the publicly held company. Fox founded Park City Capital in 2008, and prior to that served at J.P. Goleta-based radio frequency filter developer Resonant Inc.

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Technology Council

OCTOBER 3, 2008

The October SCribe Newsletter has arrived. Check out the feature articles and the upcoming event schedule. Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore.

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JUNE 4, 2019

FTD also agreed to sell both its North American and Latin American businesses to private equity investor Nexus Capital Management , in a move that includes San Diego-based Proflowers. In long, complicated path that wound through Southern California's high tech industry, flower delivery network operator FTD has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Feedback on this year’s Venture Net has been great. The event was sold out - almost 500 people in total! Scott Fox and an audience volunteer pick winners for the door prizes. These photos courtesy of Ben Kuo of the leading news source for Southern California technology news and deals: socalTECH.com. Thanks, Ben!

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Newport Beach-based CAD/CAM software maker MSC Software is reportedly in play, with current private equity owners Elliott Associates and Symphony Technology Group potentially selling the company to CVC Capital Partners, according to a report. MSC Software went private back in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Lawrence Ng , the former founder of Oversee.net--who is now running an asset management company called LNG Management--has linked up with New York City-based venture capital firm Metamorphic Ventures. According to LNG Management, Ng has become an advisory board member for Metamorphic Ventures.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Santa Monica-based investment banking firm Siemer & Associates , which has focused on the technology and media sector, has been acquired by Chinese investor CEC Capital Group. CEC Capital Group (formerly known as Chine eCapital) says it focuses on tech, media, telecom, consumer, and healthcare investments. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

During the process of arranging early funding for Organovo in 2008-2010, I worked with angels in San Diego, all over the country, and around the world. The change has caused me to reflect a bit on the state of finance in biotech and in San Diego biotech particularly. About 40 percent of my financing at.

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Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

13 of the hottest early stage technology companies in Southern California joined us yesterday for the 13th Annual Venture Net.

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JULY 2, 2012

Gaikai was founded in 2008, and had raised around $45M in funding. The firm's backers included Benchmark Capital, Intel Capital, Limelight Networks, New Enterprise Associates, Qualcomm Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and TriplePoint Capital.

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MAY 22, 2014

The company has now raised over $50.85M in funding since 2008. truex media socialcibe svnetwork venture capital online advertising technology' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. The company was always seeking capital. As a result, the company was always under-capitalized. We failed because we tried.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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JULY 7, 2015

Helio had burnt through more than $560M in capital as a joint venture of Earthlink and SK Telecom, before being sold in a fire sale in 2008 to Virgin Mobile for $39M. According to Helio, it will offer up $29 a month for unlimited talk, text, and rate limited data, as it reopens the MVNO, which originallys started in Los Angeles.

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APRIL 30, 2010

According to EdenIQ, the Series B funding round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included The Westly Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Cyrus Capital, Angeleno Group, Element Partners, Morgan Stanley & Company, Advanced equities, OmniNet, Nimes Capital, and others. READ MORE>>.

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Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

One event, two technology superstars: Jason Calcanis & John Suh will be the featured speakers at this year’s VentureNet in Costa Mesa on September 12th. John Suh, CEO of Legalzoom.com will present &# Successful Launch Strategies for Online Businesses&#. Economy&#.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Ng started Oversee.net in 2008, and he and his co-founders eventually sold the company to Oak Hill Capital for $150M. OnRamp Fund said it will offer up access to mentoring and advisors, funding, and cross-border support for its startups, particularly with those looking to reach across the United States, Taiwan, and China.

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JUNE 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based Burstly , the mobile ad management firm run by Evan Rifkin, said this week that it has added SoftBank Capital and Founder Collective to its Series A funding round. Rifkin was the founder of TagWorld/Flux, which he sold to MTVN in 2008. Tags: burstly softbank mobile advertising venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

If you look back at our history, our first fund was in 2008, and we did nine ad-tech deals and nine e-commerce deals. It's developed quite a bit from when we first conceptualized the firm in 2008. We often hear that people think there's still not enough capital in LA, what are your thoughts on that? READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2015

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) announced its third, venture capital fund--a continuation of an investment theme very much centered around the growth of Southern California, and in particular, the Silicon Beach startup ecosystem. Any change to your investment thesis from your last funds?

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The days of being able to trust that there will be an investor or lender on the other end of a call or email whenever needed ended with the 2000 and 2008 bursts of those respective bubbles. How many times do we have to say this? Recast your projections using cash, not accrual, as the measure for planning.

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